[This was written for the Fearless Females prompt for 1st of March, Women’s History Month] One of my favorite female ancestors is Ana Jacinta (de Melo). I’ve always been drawn to her. I am not sure why, but it must have something to with the fact that she migrated to Hawaii from the Azores alone…
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Ana Jacinta de Melo was a Fearless Female
[Fearless Females-Prompts for Women’s History Month–March 1st–A favorite female ancestor] I am not sure why but I’ve am drawn to my Great Great Grandmother, Ana Jacinta (de Melo) Pacheco. It may be what I don’t know as much as what I know. Ana was the daughter of Jose Francisco de Melo and Rosa Pimental. She…
Friday Free Ebook: Postcards from Kauai
This find comes a day late, but I think people will enjoy it none-the-less. I was searching Google Books today and came across this gem: Kauai: 100 Years in Postcards, By Stormy Cazad, published in 2011. It is part of the Postcard History Series of Acadia Publishing. The book is full of postcards going back…
Friday Free Ebook: Labor Conditions in Hawaii
This book should be of interest to those who had relatives working on the sugar plantations in Hawaii. “Labor Conditions in Hawaii: a Letter from the Secretary of Labor transmitting the fifth annual report of the Commission of Labor Statistics on Labor Conditions in the Territory of Hawaii for the Year 1915”. Washington : Government…
A visit with cousin Marian
[I am working my way backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy because I wasn’t paying attention the first half of the year. This is week #31…Cousins.] I have had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of a few cousins online through my genealogy. In some cases we have been able to meet…